Chief Stipe

It's in my DNA. I've been listening to Sky Sports 2KY from Sydney. Streaming on line. Since Trackside is on holiday. I noticed they market things differently. For example there are TABCORP ads saying x amount of what you bet with us goes directly back to racing in Australia. Where is our equivalent marketing? Time our industry leadership showed some balls.

16 weeks to get you horse fit. Lobby government to implement the same setup as OZ has for their racing.

Well they seem to be still getting paid to do something! We are still 16 weeks out. They should be lobbying Government with a detailed plan. Better to fail trying!

Surely Australia have shown us the way to do it.

All three will be spelling in Australia for Spring Racing.

Good point. But I know they lobbied the TAB hard to give them something.

My understanding is that the BGP twisted the TAB's arm tantamount to blackmail to get rebates. Again I may be wrong but the source was good. The leverage they used was they woukd bet offshore through an OZZIE account. They could legally do that as one of the key players in BGP is OZ based.

Australian Legend Might and Power Dies at 26 Son of Zabeel died April 11 from complications related to colic. One of the all-time greats in Australian racing, Might and Power, died April 11 at the age of 26. The news was confirmed by Living Legends, a facility for retired horses where Might and Power had been since his retirement. The gelding was a seven-time group 1 winner in the late 1990s and is among the few horses to win the Foster's Melbourne Cup (G1), Foster's Caulfield Cup (G1), and The BMW Cox Plate (G1). He was also named Horse of the Year in Australia in 1997 and 1998. Might and Power was known for his extraordinary talent and frontrunning ability. He made all to win the Melbourne Cup in 1997 for Jack Denham and Jim Cassidy, recording one of the quickest times in the history of the race. Other career highlights from the son of Zabeel include setting course records with wide-margin wins in the Caulfield Cup, the Treasury Casino Doomben Cup (G1), and the Cox Plate. He won 15 races from 33 starts and amassed AU$5,226,286 (US$3,515,146) in prize money. Tweets from Living Legends read: "It is with the deepest sadness that we advise that one of the all-time greats of Australian racing, Might and Power, has passed away at the age of 26. We're completely heartbroken to lose this very special once-in-a-lifetime horse. "Late yesterday he was diagnosed with colic and rushed to Werribee Equine Centre for emergency surgery, but was unable to be saved."

I liked Colette but you didn't have her at value. Toffee Tongue for a place was great value. I liked them because they were relatively fresh compared to the rest of the field and both had performed on a similar track last week.

They know overall that they'll win versus the BGP. They don't have a great record of long term success. They have Ted selecting for them! As Mardi would tell you Probabeel was very poor value yesterday especially on that track. Didn't BGP plonk their dosh on well before the final track conditions were declared.

I think Probabeel has that Zabeel quirk where they don't like soft/heavy sticky ground.

In my opinion they were a bit ambitious with the Belle. Better to have stuck with the mares and fillies races.

Thanks Weasel. Unfortunately I fell asleep and missed backing it! Anyway put the $10 for a place on The Chosen One.

Mmm out of bagolollies- full sister to Werther.

Well I'm still getting my $10 Bonus bets from the TAB. They must do this on auto. Anyway has anyone got a tip for the Chief?

Exactly has Saville gone missing?!

130 over $100k.

Bollocks. The topic isn't about Brooks it's about whether promos are profitable. Facts please.

Give us some facts then Greg.

Where's the General Manager Betting and Product?

http://www.radio-australia.org/sky-sports-radio A good listen!